Tiffany Thinks #23

[suzeq]

Pescovegetarians have lower risks of developing colorectal cancers than vegans or meat-eaters. Studies have spanned over 20 years, so sometimes just the conclusions are written in websites such as the following from the Cleveland Clinic, which is in the US top ten cancer treatment centers.

What To Eat To Lower Your Risk of Colon Cancer

Many types of cancer aren’t preventable. But when it comes to colon cancer, your lifestyle and habits can play a huge role in helping lower your risk. A colorectal surgeon weighs in on what to eat (and what to avoid) to maintain colon health and decrease your risk.

health.clevelandclinic.org

The study, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, found a pesco-vegetarian diet — dominated by fruits and vegetables and including a moderate amount of fish — is associated with a 45% reduced risk for colorectal cancers compared to people whose diets include meat.

Thanks for that. Yes, I think the Loma Linda research is on 7th Day Adventists and it is extremely valuable.

Here also:

Associations of Japanese food intake with survival of stomach and colorectal cancer: A prospective patient cohort study - PMC

Dietary factors may affect the prognosis of digestive tract cancer, but evidence has been sparse. We investigated the association between pretreatment intake of 6 Japanese foods (including soy food, miso [soybean paste] soup and seaweed) and the ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Cancer Sci. 2020 Jul; 111(7): 2558–2569.
Published online 2020 Jul 14. doi: 10.1111/cas.14459
PMCID: PMC7385343
PMID: 32412140
Associations of Japanese food intake with survival of stomach and colorectal cancer: A prospective patient cohort study
Yuko Minami,

1 , 2 , 3 Seiki Kanemura, 2 Tomoyuki Oikawa, 4 Shinichi Suzuki, 4 Yasuhiro Hasegawa, 5 Yoshikazu Nishino, 6 Tsuneaki Fujiya, 5 and Koh Miura 5
Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer

Abstract
Dietary factors may affect the prognosis of digestive tract cancer, but evidence has been sparse. We investigated the association between pretreatment intake of 6 Japanese foods (including soy food, miso [soybean paste] soup and seaweed) and the risk of death among patients with histologically confirmed major digestive tract cancers (stomach, 1931; colon, 793; rectum, 510) diagnosed during 1997‐2013 at a single institution in Japan. Pretreatment dietary intake was assessed using a food frequency questionnaire, and the patients were followed until December 2016. The Cox proportional hazards model was used to estimate hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). Among the patients with stomach cancer, frequent intake of soy food was inversely associated with the risk of all‐cause (P trend for four frequency groups = 0.01; HR = 0.72, 95% CI: 0.50‐1.04 for highest vs lowest group) and stomach cancer (P trend = 0.03; HR = 0.63, 95% CI: 0.40‐0.99) death. A similar inverse association was also found for intake of miso soup. In contrast, frequent seaweed intake was inversely associated with the risk of all‐cause death among the patients with colon cancer (P trend = 0.03). Rectal cancer patients who had frequently consumed seaweed tended to have a lower risk of rectal cancer death (P trend = 0.02). These findings indicate that pretreatment intake of Japanese foods such as soybean products and seaweed may have favorable effects on patient survival of stomach and colorectal cancer, although this needs to be confirmed by further research.

 

[Saydee]

Thanks for that ❤. There appears to be some health improvement when the patients are overweight, particular metabolic disorders? Looking through them and the further studies that cite one of them, this macroanalysis appears to summarise the studies to date: improvements in a # of measures, many still in animal models, but still equivocal with respect to impact on cancer:

Insulin-Lowering Diets in Metastatic Cancer - PubMed

Hyperinsulinemia is an independent risk factor for cancer mortality. Insulin-lowering dietary strategies such as calorie restriction (CR), low-carbohydrate or ketogenic diets (KD), and intermittent fasting (IF) are aimed at reducing systemic stores of nutrients utilized by cancer cells...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Hi Suze,
Other than me watching T's channel because I actually find most of her vlogs amusing, I do hope that eventually, she will share with her viewers why she had been in hospital so many times prior to her diagnosis. Ages ago I found some info on one of her accounts (possibly twitter?) where she had been discussing being in hospital many times, but she doesn't state why she was in the hospital. Also many of her older hospital vlogs she had on Youtube have either been deleted or hidden from view.
I do vaguely remember T saying she required B12 injections, but never explained why.
I feel that T may have been showing some symptoms long before her diagnosis, even if she hasn't been able to make that connection.
Working on average known growth rates of my husbands cancer, his oncologists all agreed his primary tumour had likely been there for many years which would have made him 20 or very early 20's. During the years before his diagnosis he did have random disorders which would come and go. We assumed as you say, metabolic disorders. Hypercalcemia, low EGFR, absolutely horrendous night sweats where the bedding would be drenched, low Vitamin D (despite working outdoors in sunshine months), anemia, hypoglycemia nocturnally. All these types of problems would appear and then vanish (other than night sweats and low vitamin d)
Following his diagnosis and various treatments, he donated lots of bloods and tissues along with his primary tumours to medical research. On one of his manufacturer sponsored trial treatments they actually asked for blood donations and tissues from the biobank.
His oncologist recently mentioned that many of those things which we believed was random 'metabolic disorders' was likely paraneoplastic syndromes. Tumours and cancer cells releasing cytokines which caused those.
Makes absolutely no difference now, but it causes me to listen to my own body more and of course as our children grow I will be eager to have them checked out of they developed any of those random disorders.

I have seen T's subscribers asking why she had been admitted to the hospital in the previous years before she was diagnosed, but T never answers.

 

[suzeq]

Hi Suze,
Other than me watching T's channel because I actually find most of her vlogs amusing, I do hope that eventually, she will share with her viewers why she had been in hospital so many times prior to her diagnosis. Ages ago I found some info on one of her accounts (possibly twitter?) where she had been discussing being in hospital many times, but she doesn't state why she was in the hospital. Also many of her older hospital vlogs she had on Youtube have either been deleted or hidden from view.
I do vaguely remember T saying she required B12 injections, but never explained why.
I feel that T may have been showing some symptoms long before her diagnosis, even if she hasn't been able to make that connection.
Working on average known growth rates of my husbands cancer, his oncologists all agreed his primary tumour had likely been there for many years which would have made him 20 or very early 20's. During the years before his diagnosis he did have random disorders which would come and go. We assumed as you say, metabolic disorders. Hypercalcemia, low EGFR, absolutely horrendous night sweats where the bedding would be drenched, low Vitamin D (despite working outdoors in sunshine months), anemia, hypoglycemia nocturnally. All these types of problems would appear and then vanish (other than night sweats and low vitamin d)
Following his diagnosis and various treatments, he donated lots of bloods and tissues along with his primary tumours to medical research. On one of his manufacturer sponsored trial treatments they actually asked for blood donations and tissues from the biobank.
His oncologist recently mentioned that many of those things which we believed was random 'metabolic disorders' was likely paraneoplastic syndromes. Tumours and cancer cells releasing cytokines which caused those.
Makes absolutely no difference now, but it causes me to listen to my own body more and of course as our children grow I will be eager to have them checked out of they developed any of those random disorders.

I have seen T's subscribers asking why she had been admitted to the hospital in the previous years before she was diagnosed, but T never answers.

I went back and skimmed her early videos when I first became confused over her narrative. I knew she'd been hospitalised for days for her "tummy" issues for years past during uni. Days in hospital drew my attention as that does indicate something serious a long time prior to the LARC diagnosis. Why she won't answer the question about what it was back then is a red flag to me of her lack of sincerity towards accurately vlogging this health journey for her viewers. Her games over her surgery and opacity about its details was the last straw for me.

I haven't watched a video or read comments for months. Since I've now had more of a "taste" of cancer vloggers from my initial introduction by her, I do see clearly the routine monetisation of cancer vloggers and the established methods most follow. Seeing the monetisation efforts on both IG and YT, I understand how naïve I was.

I would understand if monies were required to support the costs of maintaining the use of the platform. But I was completely off base to naïvely believe so many of these people were sharing their journeys in order to receive community support and for brainstorming or for educating.

The money motive really turns me off and I am appreciating those who don't monetise even more. If you need money, separate it in a GFM rather than expecting those who care about you to want to labour through ads and promotions IN your videos. Frankly, I lose interest and begin to resent them when I am forced to waste my time watching ads or watching the lengthy musical eating or coffeemaking segments between medical information. I have little patience now when a video could have been 5 minutes yet I'm expected to watch 20 minutes of superfluous, irrelevant material because it improves the video's algorithm and financially supports the vlogger. I don't need these people trying to sell me products; they have no more credibility than actors on tv who are being paid to peddle products! They turn me OFF buying anything they are promoting, they turn me OFF watching their videos, on principle if not for impatience! IMO, they are devaluing their cancer journey by using it to make money. It cheapens it when it's combined to line their pockets and I lose respect for them. I'm now suspicious and question everything since the motive is no longer clear or pure.

I've gone off on a tangent, but everything I've now learned makes me wonder about how her earlier health was related to her ultimate diagnosis. I hope your husband's contributions to medical research will help others; what a beautiful legacy. It is so important to examine all factors to try to figure this mystery out.

Whomever continues to watch and discuss T's videos has far more fortitude than I have. I respect JJ Singleton for his short and concise updates! I have also thought about why I was watching at all. It was not for entertainment, but to support those going through such a difficult journey, and to learn myself (which this Tattle thread has been so helpful at providing in terms of educational material and learned experiences)! I stumbled onto her video somehow without searching for it. I've definitely had an education in both the business of vloggers as well as in cancer!

 

[Daisychain4]

@LeonorG, you are very quiet. Hope all is ok with you

 

[Make sense of it!]

I went back and skimmed her early videos when I first became confused over her narrative. I knew she'd been hospitalised for days for her "tummy" issues for years past during uni. Days in hospital drew my attention as that does indicate something serious a long time prior to the LARC diagnosis. Why she won't answer the question about what it was back then is a red flag to me of her lack of sincerity towards accurately vlogging this health journey for her viewers. Her games over her surgery and opacity about its details was the last straw for me.

I haven't watched a video or read comments for months. Since I've now had more of a "taste" of cancer vloggers from my initial introduction by her, I do see clearly the routine monetisation of cancer vloggers and the established methods most follow. Seeing the monetisation efforts on both IG and YT, I understand how naïve I was.

I would understand if monies were required to support the costs of maintaining the use of the platform. But I was completely off base to naïvely believe so many of these people were sharing their journeys in order to receive community support and for brainstorming or for educating.

The money motive really turns me off and I am appreciating those who don't monetise even more. If you need money, separate it in a GFM rather than expecting those who care about you to want to labour through ads and promotions IN your videos. Frankly, I lose interest and begin to resent them when I am forced to waste my time watching ads or watching the lengthy musical eating or coffeemaking segments between medical information. I have little patience now when a video could have been 5 minutes yet I'm expected to watch 20 minutes of superfluous, irrelevant material because it improves the video's algorithm and financially supports the vlogger. I don't need these people trying to sell me products; they have no more credibility than actors on tv who are being paid to peddle products! They turn me OFF buying anything they are promoting, they turn me OFF watching their videos, on principle if not for impatience! IMO, they are devaluing their cancer journey by using it to make money. It cheapens it when it's combined to line their pockets and I lose respect for them. I'm now suspicious and question everything since the motive is no longer clear or pure.

I've gone off on a tangent, but everything I've now learned makes me wonder about how her earlier health was related to her ultimate diagnosis. I hope your husband's contributions to medical research will help others; what a beautiful legacy. It is so important to examine all factors to try to figure this mystery out.

Whomever continues to watch and discuss T's videos has far more fortitude than I have. I respect JJ Singleton for his short and concise updates! I have also thought about why I was watching at all. It was not for entertainment, but to support those going through such a difficult journey, and to learn myself (which this Tattle thread has been so helpful at providing in terms of educational material and learned experiences)! I stumbled onto her video somehow without searching for it. I've definitely had an education in both the business of vloggers as well as in cancer!

Well said, you articulated your thoughts so well, l feel the same.

 

[Saydee]

I see so many people suffering on a daily basis that maybe I need to just stay on the shallow end of the internet for a while. This is all venting. I regularly care for people who are losing multiple limbs because they don’t follow a diabetic diet. They cry and I change their dressings and their family members bring them soda from home. I’ve had patients who were blind from diabetes non-
compliance who’ve come out of amputation surgery who order a carb laden feast and then ask me to feed to to them. There are patients in hospital who doctors no longer bother ordering a diabetic diet for, or any special diet for conditions for which it is standard protocol, because why bother? Or is it because their paychecks depend on

That’s rough! Do you think there families are ignorant or that patients and their families don't care?

 

[MissB123]

I’m so sorry you lost your mum, and of course, under any circumstances, everyone should have support in choosing their own course of treatment, or no treatment at all.

Tiffany and Jenny, and many other cancer “influencers” on YouTube are operating a business and I think of Tattle as sort of a Better Business Bureau where we get to leave our honest reviews and comments re their businesses. These “businesses” are unconcerned with customer satisfaction so we are here.

I use up most of my empathy and deep caring with my own family members as well strangers as part of my job so I don’t have much left for people who cry for money and/or attention on the internet. I’m here to vent and gossip, partly for my own sanity and defense against burn out.
---


There have been human studies but I’m not going to search for those. Probably the clinical trial that Jenny is a part of began with animal studies and now she is a part of a human study. It may buy her a little more time. Of course, she has every right to prioritize the health of the animals over her own. But I don’t have to watch and I can still complain here. She appears to eat cheese and it looked like chicken wings or unhealthy deep fried something on their last feast. She’s not following that diet for health reasons so it must be an ethical issue. She’s making memories with her children with the dinner dates etc. I get it. But the sycophants in the comments as well as some of the other clickbait recently (not to mention her shoving her dog out of the field of view of her most recent video) are raising red flags.

I see so many people suffering on a daily basis that maybe I need to just stay on the shallow end of the internet for a while. This is all venting. I regularly care for people who are losing multiple limbs because they don’t follow a diabetic diet. They cry and I change their dressings and their family members bring them soda from home. I’ve had patients who were blind from diabetes non-compliance who’ve come out of amputation surgery who order a carb laden feast and then ask me to feed to to them. There are patients in hospital who doctors no longer bother ordering a diabetic diet for, or any special diet for conditions for which it is standard protocol, because why bother? Or is it because their paychecks depend on these chronic illnesses?

Jenny can eat what she wants and so can Tiffany. They don’t care what I think, neither does anyone here and it’s all just venting to me so …

My BF has a band mate who had part of his leg amputated due to diabetes. He’s in and out of the hospital all of the time.
His girlfriend posts the food she makes him. It’s some of the most vile, unhealthy crap anyone should eat no less a diabetic.
As Tom and I age, we see so many friends getting ill and they seem to not have made the connection between food and health. Doctors here are not schooled in nutrition (although younger doctors are beginning to) so we’re not sure if people aren’t getting proper advice or ignoring it.
Tom & I went whole food plant based vegan with minimal oil, salt & sugar two years ago to reduce as much risk for illness as we can.
As a result I no longer need my wheelchair full time due to osteoarthritis and no longer need daily pain meds.
I still have cerebral palsy - kale can’t cure that

 

[Daisychain4]

My BF has a band mate who had part of his leg amputated due to diabetes. He’s in and out of the hospital all of the time.
His girlfriend posts the food she makes him. It’s some of the most vile, unhealthy crap anyone should eat no less a diabetic.
As Tom and I age, we see so many friends getting ill and they seem to not have made the connection between food and health. Doctors here are not schooled in nutrition (although younger doctors are beginning to) so we’re not sure if people aren’t getting proper advice or ignoring it.
Tom & I went whole food plant based vegan with minimal oil, salt & sugar two years ago to reduce as much risk for illness as we can.
As a result I no longer need my wheelchair full time due to osteoarthritis and no longer need daily pain meds.
I still have cerebral palsy - kale can’t cure that

Wow! That’s made my heart warm! How wonderful for you … you must be so happy and so proud of yourselves! So much of who we are is what goes past our lips!

 

[Make sense of it!]

Pescatarian here, my entire life I have never eaten any animal fat, low cholesterol, excellent Hba1c, no heart disease, no hypertension, no chronic illnesses, physically fit and active as a runner, weight bearing exercises, BMI 19, and no substance abuse.......... can someone tell me why l have bleeping cancer in my bones then???

 

[suzeq]

Tiffany and Jenny, and many other cancer “influencers” on YouTube are operating a business and I think of Tattle as sort of a Better Business Bureau where we get to leave our honest reviews and comments re their businesses. These “businesses” are unconcerned with customer satisfaction so we are here.

Well put.

I use up most of my empathy and deep caring with my own family members as well strangers as part of my job so I don’t have much left for people who cry for money and/or attention on the internet. I’m here to vent and gossip, partly for my own sanity and defense against burn out.
---


There have been human studies but I’m not going to search for those. Probably the clinical trial that Jenny is a part of began with animal studies and now she is a part of a human study. It may buy her a little more time. Of course, she has every right to prioritize the health of the animals over her own. But I don’t have to watch and I can still complain here. She appears to eat cheese and it looked like chicken wings or unhealthy deep fried something on their last feast. She’s not following that diet for health reasons so it must be an ethical issue. She’s making memories with her children with the dinner dates etc. I get it. But the sycophants in the comments as well as some of the other clickbait recently (not to mention her shoving her dog out of the field of view of her most recent video) are raising red flags.

I don't follow her that closely to know the details of her dietary decisions. I only saw in one of her last videos how Kyle went off to buy vegan sweets for the kids to have at a party. And I've seen their dinner choices when out. I thought they were in a vegan restaurant the last few times, so honestly doubt if there were chicken wings or nonvegan cheese eaten. But I'm not sure, for some reason, their filming of meals out really bugs me, so I skip over it as much as possible.

I see so many people suffering on a daily basis that maybe I need to just stay on the shallow end of the internet for a while. This is all venting. I regularly care for people who are losing multiple limbs because they don’t follow a diabetic diet. They cry and I change their dressings and their family members bring them soda from home. I’ve had patients who were blind from diabetes non-compliance who’ve come out of amputation surgery who order a carb laden feast and then ask me to feed to to them. There are patients in hospital who doctors no longer bother ordering a diabetic diet for, or any special diet for conditions for which it is standard protocol, because why bother? Or is it because their paychecks depend on these chronic illnesses?

Jenny can eat what she wants and so can Tiffany. They don’t care what I think, neither does anyone here and it’s all just venting to me so ..

Tiffany's terrible food choices have always troubled me. I understand how it must have a bigger impact on you when you see direct cause/effect in your care and know different lifestyle choices would have made a difference.

I think there's more metadata showing lifestyle can impact development of some cancers. That's why T's continuation of such a high fat/fried diet lacking in fresh veggies and lean fish and meats bothers me. As others have said, a Mediterranean diet shows great promise. A Japanese diet shows healthy results. A western diet full of processed foods and refined carbs seems the worst of it all. Bowel cancers are on the rise: the first thing I'd examine is diet.

I am just not sure a keto diet, or any diet, has shown any impact once malignancies are already there, although certainly, a healthy diet of fresh food will always be more beneficial than a diet of processed beige food. Maintaining optimal health while battling cancer or while undergoing toxic treatments is very, very important.

There are a lot of mice studies that do not translate into the same benefits in humans, just as in vitro studies often don't extrapolate to the same in vivo results. A keto diet is not without controversy or risks itself. I don't eat any red meat, so I'd want to see some pretty strong evidence before changing up my eating routine and regularly sitting down to gnaw on a large piece of red meat. That's just due to a developed aversion to it and my belief of the increase in inflammation caused by animal fats. So, I was just thinking about it from that point of view and my own tendency towards the Mediterranean diet myself with nuts and non red meat preferred as protein and fat source versus animals.

I would probably have to bite my lip to stay silent seeing people continue to aggravate their diabetes through diet after already experiencing catastrophic effects from it! There is no question research knows the dietary relationship to it. Vent away; you're right, Tattle is the place to take issue with 'influencers'. My hat is off to you for your career caring for patients. ❤

Tom & I went whole food plant based vegan with minimal oil, salt & sugar two years ago to reduce as much risk for illness as we can.
As a result I no longer need my wheelchair full time due to osteoarthritis and no longer need daily pain meds.
I still have cerebral palsy - kale can’t cure that

Wow! So happy you have changed the trajectory through diet! Impressive!

 

[Make sense of it!]

This person has left 132 comments on TT, previously very supportive but now she's getting more pissed by the videos and comments, eventually THEY ALL TURN on sweet TT (and end up blocked).
I'd like to add ,cut the "inspiration" "inspiring" "role model" "hero" "Princess" "Angel" crap!!

 

[ScrattyRatty]

Pescatarian here, my entire life I have never eaten any animal fat, low cholesterol, excellent Hba1c, no heart disease, no hypertension, no chronic illnesses, physically fit and active as a runner, weight bearing exercises, BMI 19, and no substance abuse.......... can someone tell me why l have bleeping cancer in my bones then???

My father (90 in three months) has smoked since he was 14, would down 16 pints in a night, go home and eat a huge supper. Ate huge meals, meat and two veg kinda thing, all the animal fats. Didn't do much exercise apart from walking the dog (very overweight since he was about 40). Had a cancer scare (polyp) back in 2008 but they took it out, all done and dusted. He is a miserable sod, too, so it's not his sunny personality keeping him alive.

I don't know the answer, I wish I did, but there clearly are no guarantees. Sorry, it's just tit. If I was was in your position I would feel just the same

 

[Daisychain4]

Pescatarian here, my entire life I have never eaten any animal fat, low cholesterol, excellent Hba1c, no heart disease, no hypertension, no chronic illnesses, physically fit and active as a runner, weight bearing exercises, BMI 19, and no substance abuse.......... can someone tell me why l have bleeping cancer in my bones then???

Sometimes I convince myself it’s all about enzymes and acids in your makeup.
Some people live the worst life; unhealthy eating habits, smoke, drink, sugar, loads of fats … yet still manage to die old. Same people rarely sick with flu’s and bugs.
Others do everything right and live a life plagued with infections and disease and are often diagnosed with cancer. I’m sure alkaline and acid makeup’s are involved.

 

[suzeq]

Pescatarian here, my entire life I have never eaten any animal fat, low cholesterol, excellent Hba1c, no heart disease, no hypertension, no chronic illnesses, physically fit and active as a runner, weight bearing exercises, BMI 19, and no substance abuse.......... can someone tell me why l have bleeping cancer in my bones then???

Apropos of your comment, I just saw this post on the IG account of @the_bowel_movement from a few days ago, at least relating to bowel cancers (I am so sorry, @Make sense of it! f*ck cancer ):

 

[Saydee]

God

My BF has a band mate who had part of his leg amputated due to diabetes. He’s in and out of the hospital all of the time.
His girlfriend posts the food she makes him. It’s some of the most vile, unhealthy crap anyone should eat no less a diabetic.
As Tom and I age, we see so many friends getting ill and they seem to not have made the connection between food and health. Doctors here are not schooled in nutrition (although younger doctors are beginning to) so we’re not sure if people aren’t getting proper advice or ignoring it.
Tom & I went whole food plant based vegan with minimal oil, salt & sugar two years ago to reduce as much risk for illness as we can.
As a result I no longer need my wheelchair full time due to osteoarthritis and no longer need daily pain meds.
I still have cerebral palsy - kale can’t cure that

Gosh that is truely amazing. Our NHS dieticians have very basic training
---

Pescatarian here, my entire life I have never eaten any animal fat, low cholesterol, excellent Hba1c, no heart disease, no hypertension, no chronic illnesses, physically fit and active as a runner, weight bearing exercises, BMI 19, and no substance abuse.......... can someone tell me why l have bleeping cancer in my bones then???

It is so tit my husband used to ask the same questions.

 

[MissB123]

This person has left 132 comments on TT, previously very supportive but now she's getting more pissed by the videos and comments, eventually THEY ALL TURN on sweet TT (and end up blocked).
I'd like to add ,cut the "inspiration" "inspiring" "role model" "hero" "Princess" "Angel" crap!!

Every time someone comments how inspiring she is I simply want to reply “how?”.

 

[Turaj]

My father (90 in three months) has smoked since he was 14, would down 16 pints in a night, go home and eat a huge supper. Ate huge meals, meat and two veg kinda thing, all the animal fats. Didn't do much exercise apart from walking the dog (very overweight since he was about 40). Had a cancer scare (polyp) back in 2008 but they took it out, all done and dusted. He is a miserable sod, too, so it's not his sunny personality keeping him alive.

I don't know the answer, I wish I did, but there clearly are no guarantees. Sorry, it's just tit. If I was was in your position I would feel just the same

as most doctors will say( unless you present as morbidly obese...smoker and heavy drinker) "you did nothing wrong". That goes for me and I bet so many...ate a very good diet, exercise and general healthy lifestyle. While I am always amazed at people that eat a poor diet and smoke etc. some of them never get heart disease or cancer. The old saying "life is not fair" is so true. That said I believe in trying to live a healthy lifestyle. I think the thing with TT is that from historical videos she has had "tummy" issues since her early twenties and still eats a poor diet and chooses to somehow glorify it via YT.

 

[MissB123]

I truly think TT and Ha will continue eating the same processed meat sandwiches and junk until someone explains the connection (if not already). They remind me of two kids left home alone to fend for themselves. In one vlog they realized they hadn’t eaten veggies in a while, went to the market and brought back iceberg lettuce.
Her mother at least tries with fruit smoothies.

 

[c.sabatier]

Pescatarian here, my entire life I have never eaten any animal fat, low cholesterol, excellent Hba1c, no heart disease, no hypertension, no chronic illnesses, physically fit and active as a runner, weight bearing exercises, BMI 19, and no substance abuse.......... can someone tell me why l have bleeping cancer in my bones then???

Pescatarian responding: A more encouraging and positive effect of your healthy lifestyle can be stated otherwise: Perhaps it is the healthy lifestyle that you described that has enabled you to reach your current age and hopefully beyond. Imagine how worse things could have been if you had not maintained such a healthy lifestyle.
People have different predispositions to developing certain cancers because of genetics, exposure to radiation, and sometimes even exposure to high electromagnetic fields. (In some cities, there have been above average incidences of brain cancer for people who live next to electricity towers.) In my opinion, as long as we are doing our part (having a healthy lifestyle such as you described), we are mitigating and sometimes avoiding bad or even worse health conditions. While there are no guarantees, you know that you have been doing things that contribute positively to your health based on current research.

 

[Make sense of it!]

My father (90 in three months) has smoked since he was 14, would down 16 pints in a night, go home and eat a huge supper. Ate huge meals, meat and two veg kinda thing, all the animal fats. Didn't do much exercise apart from walking the dog (very overweight since he was about 40). Had a cancer scare (polyp) back in 2008 but they took it out, all done and dusted. He is a miserable sod, too, so it's not his sunny personality keeping him alive.

I don't know the answer, I wish I did, but there clearly are no guarantees. Sorry, it's just tit. If I was was in your position I would feel just the same

I'm glad we can vent, rant and no one here gets offended, "it's not his sunny personality keeping him alive" had me laughing at that. Thankyou, it's just bad luck in my opinion.
---

Every time someone comments how inspiring she is I simply want to reply “how?”.

IKR if anyone deserves the "hero" badge it would have to be her amazing surgeons!!!